Hartford Yard Goats Ink 3-Year Deal With WPOP/Hartford

August 7, 2015 at 3:58 PM (PT)

Minor league baseball's HARTFORD YARD GOATS, to be relocating from nearby NEW BRITAIN (where the club has been known as the ROCK CATS) in 2016, will continue to be heard on iHEARTMEDIA Sports WPOP-A (FOX SPORTS RADIO 1410)/HARTFORD for the next three seasons. At the same time, the team's release indicates that the station will be flipping to News-Talk as "NEWS TALK 1410AM." The deal includes promotional opportunities for the GOATS on iHEARTMEDIA's Classic Hits WHCN (THE RIVER 105.9), Country WWYZ (COUNTRY 92.5), Sports WUCS (ESPN RADIO 97.9), and Top 40 WKSS (KISS 95.7), and the cluster will receive signage at the new downtown DUNKIN' DONUTS PARK.

GOATS/ROCK CATS Director, Broadcasting & Media Relations JEFF DOOLEY will call the action for the team, the COLORADO ROCKIES' Double-A EASTERN LEAGUE affiliate. The GOATS have also signed THE HARTFORD insurance company as a founding sponsor.

"We are thrilled to have our games broadcast live on NEWS TALK 1410AM, and available to our fans anywhere in the world on iHEARTRADIO," said YARD GOATS GM TIM RESTALL.. "iHEARTMEDIA is a wonderful partner to help promote our games to their listeners in CONNECTICUT and WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS."

iHEARTMEDIA Regional Market President STEPHEN HONEYCOMB added, "We at iHEARTMEDIA are excited over our new partnership with the YARD GOATS; it's great to be a part of bringing baseball to HARTFORD. The new DUNKIN' DONUTS PARK and the HARTFORD YARD GOATS will bring more sports lovers, families and our listeners (to) downtown HARTFORD and we are happy NEWS TALK 1410AM and iHEARTRADIO is the place where you will hear every HARTFORD YARD GOATS game."